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John F. Kennedy
35th U.S. president, led during the Cold War, assassinated in 1963.
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John Glenn
First American to orbit Earth in 1962.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
36th U.S. president, passed Civil Rights Act and Great Society programs.
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Great Society
LBJ’s programs to fight poverty and racial injustice.
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Anti-War Movement
Protests against the Vietnam War.
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Feminist Movement
Pushed for women's rights and equality.
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Betty Friedan
Wrote The Feminine Mystique, helped start the women’s rights movement.
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Title IX
Banned sex discrimination in education.
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Black Power Movement
Called for racial pride and self-defense.
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Black Panthers
Militant group for Black rights, provided community services.
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Chicano Movement
Fought for Mexican American rights.
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César Chávez
Led farmworker strikes for better wages and conditions.
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Dolores Huerta
Co-founded United Farm Workers, fought for labor rights.
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American Indian Movement (AIM)
Fought for Native American rights.
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Hernandez v. Texas
Ended racial discrimination in juries.
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Tinker v. Des Moines
Protected students' free speech in schools.
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Vietnam War
Cold War conflict in Vietnam; U.S. withdrew in 1973.
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Domino Theory
Belief that if one country fell to communism, others would follow.
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gave LBJ power to escalate the Vietnam War.
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Vietnamization
Nixon’s plan to withdraw U.S. troops and train South Vietnamese forces.
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Roy Benavidez
Vietnam War hero, Medal of Honor recipient.
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Tet Offensive
Major North Vietnamese attack that weakened U.S. support for war.
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Credibility Gap
Public distrust of government statements about Vietnam.
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Silent Majority
Nixon’s term for Americans who supported the war but stayed quiet.
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Fall of Saigon
1975 event marking the end of the Vietnam War.
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Civil Disobedience
Peacefully breaking laws to protest injustice.
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Affirmative Action
Policies to increase minority representation in jobs and schools.
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil rights leader, led nonviolent protests, assassinated in 1968.
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Malcolm X
Civil rights leader, promoted Black empowerment, assassinated in 1965.
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail
MLK’s defense of nonviolent protest.
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Jim Crow Laws
Segregation laws in the South.
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24th Amendment
Banned poll taxes in voting.
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26th Amendment
Lowered voting age to 18.
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Emmett Till
Black teen lynched in 1955; his death sparked the Civil Rights Movement.
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Dennis Banks
Co-founded AIM, fought for Native American rights.
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Thurgood Marshall
First Black Supreme Court Justice, won Brown v. Board of Education.
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Brown v. Board of Education
Ended school segregation.
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Allowed segregation under 'separate but equal.'
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
Banned segregation in jobs, schools, and public places.
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Civil Rights Act of 1965
Ended barriers like literacy tests for Black voters.
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